08-08-2022, 04:28 PM
(08-08-2022, 04:00 PM)PDub80 Wrote: A few quick notes here to not really shed light, but more or less throw water on these % statistics of Kenny Anderson...
- Over his career, Anderson's completion % is only 3% points higher than the avg you just listed.
- In the interest if fairness - removing the 2 years he spent as a backup the last 2 seasons of his career, Anderson only had a completion % higher than 57% 7 out of 14 years.
^ Not blowing my mind with that.
- The year he throw for 70.6%, Anderson only attempted 309 passes. Joe Burrow attempted of 520 while hitting 70.4%.
In Anderson's only season attempting over 400 passes he only completed 62.6% of his throws. Not a coincidence because,the season he had the next closest number of attempts to his csreer high 479 (377) he only completed 60.5% of his throws.
To further just drown this Kenny Anderson's better than Burrow stuff out...
Anderson's QBR that 70% season = 95.3
Burrow = 108.3
Let alone Burrow trouncing him in Yards per attempt and per completion.
Let alone Anderson having the greatest OT in history along with another should be HOF O lineman in Max Montoya along with an outstanding cast of skill guys and other strong linemen.
Let along Anderson having a HOF coaching staff running a unique offense where defenses hadn't seen and were ilprepared for anything like it? Did Burrow have that advantage?
Let along the league being geared to stop the run and not coming after the passer as they do to today. Don't believe me? Look at the number of tackles D linemen had in the 70s and 80s compared to today.
Let alone Anderson only played in 9 games that 70% season. Could he have held up for 17 games Burrow did while performing that way?
Let alone was Anderson coming off a blown out knee to start that one?
Let alone.... Honestly, the context and nuance and deep dive into Burrow vs Anderson isn't even remotely fair. Not even remotely. Burrow's circumstances and statistics obliterate Anderson's banner year when all things are considered. When you take into account Anderson's 7 below avg seasons, I just don't see how you can stack him up to Burrow in any way, shape, or form.
The future is unknown. So, perhaps Burrow fizzles out. But Joe Burrow would have to have 7 horrifically basic, lackluster years to match Anderson in that category.
In the interest of fairness, most of what you posted is just a direct comparison of statistics and that isn't quite apples-to-apples. The game has changed quite a bit, and passing wasn't quite as easy then as it is now. Here are Anderson's era adjusted metrics...
66.1% completion percentage, 43,795 yards, 7.62 YPA, 95 QB rating
Burrow has yet to post a season as good as Anderson's 1982, 1974 and 1981 seasons. I actually had a post about this earlier in the off-season, where I era adjusted all Bengals QB's throughout franchise history and had ranked them. Here are a few statlines that Burrow would have to post in order to be as dominant as Anderson in those respective seasons...
1981 Ken Anderson - 72% completion percentage, 39 TDs, 6 INTs, 4500 yards, 115.4 rating.
1974 Ken Anderson - My spreadsheet has invalid references, but I was able to re-compute his adjusted passer rating. It is a little over 111.
Everything is invalid for 1982. I deleted a bunch of my data, I guess. Here is the link to the original analysis I did of this a few months ago. Burrow has a long way to go before he is considered better than Anderson. Burrow's season last year would have been Anderson's fifth best season, adjusting for era.
